Comments on: Decatur as a Grid

By: smalltowngal

smalltowngal — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:02:29 +0000

Oh, thank you! I was starting to think I was living in a pop culture vacuum.

By: Parker Cross

Parker Cross — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:47:35 +0000

Hah! (Even if I had to look up flagella and shigella.)

By: At Home in Decatur

At Home in Decatur — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:13:29 +0000

“As in love, sometimes you have to lose something to realize just how good it was.”

Yeah, but then you find them on Facebook years later and realize “Then again, maybe not”.

By: Labdad

Labdad — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:43:59 +0000

Thank you for that! For all these years, I thought it was “serve up that fine eight-piece,” as in eight-piece orchestra. Eight beats, as in “beat me daddy eight to the bar” is even cooler!

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:28:28 +0000

Exactly my point, Steve. The courthouse had the advantage of being grand so, when the garden ladies rose up to save it, it was a lot easier for them to rally support. Residents *got* the fact that it was something special. But it’s mostly been in hindsight that we’ve realized our not-so-grand, everyday places were pretty special too.

I’m glad this dominant “newer-is-better” mindset seems to be fading. As in love, sometimes you have to lose something to realize just how good it was.